1๏ธโฃ About the Song: What is "Run BTS"?
BTS’s "Run BTS" is an energetic song about hard work, resilience, and pushing through challenges. The lyrics reflect BTS’s journey, their struggles, and their relentless drive for success.
๐ In this lesson, you’ll learn:
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How to use "ํผ์ ์ ๋นผ๋์ง" (It’ll take your soul away) to describe extreme surprise or exhaustion
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The meaning of "๋๋ ๋ชฐ๋ผ, ๊ทธ๋ด ๊ฒ ์ด๋จ์ด" (I don’t even know, where is that kind of thing?) to express disbelief or defiance
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Cultural insights on hard work and determination in Korean expressions
2๏ธโฃ Key Korean Expressions from the Song
๐ "ํผ์ ์ ๋นผ๋์ง" (Honeul ssok ppaenochi) ๐ต๐ซ
๐ง Key Korean Expressions Start At:
- "ํผ์ ์ ๋นผ๋์ง" → 0:50
โก Meaning: "It’ll take your soul away." / "You’ll be completely overwhelmed."
โก Pronunciation: Ho-neul ssok ppae-no-chi
- ํผ (hon) = "soul"
- ์ (ssok) = "completely" / "entirely"
- ๋นผ๋๋ค (ppaenota) = "to take out" / "to remove"
๐ข How to use it in real life:
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"์ด ์ํ์ ์ ๋ง ์ด๋ ค์! ๋ด ํผ์ ์ ๋นผ๋์ง!" – "This test is so hard! It’s completely draining me!"
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"๊ณตํฌ ์ํ๊ฐ ๋๋ฌด ๋ฌด์์์ ํผ์ ์ ๋นผ๋์ง." – "That horror movie was so scary, it almost took my soul away!"
๐ฅ This phrase is often used when something is so intense, surprising, or overwhelming that you feel completely drained.
๐ "๋๋ ๋ชฐ๋ผ, ๊ทธ๋ด ๊ฒ ์ด๋จ์ด" (Nado molla, geuddange eodisseo) ๐คทโ๏ธ
๐ง Key Korean Expressions Start At:
- "๋๋ ๋ชฐ๋ผ, ๊ทธ๋ด ๊ฒ ์ด๋จ์ด" → 1:23
โก Meaning: "I don’t even know, where is that kind of thing?" / "I have no idea, that doesn’t exist."
โก Pronunciation: Na-do mol-la, geu-ttan-ge eo-di-sseo
- ๋๋ (nado) = "I also" / "even I"
- ๋ชจ๋ฅด๋ค (moreuda) = "to not know"
- ๊ทธ๋ด (geuddang) = "that kind of" (negative nuance)
- ์ด๋ (eodi) = "where"
- -์์ด (-isseo) = "exists"
๐ข How to use it in real life:
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"ํ์ด? ๋๋ ๋ชฐ๋ผ, ๊ทธ๋ด ๊ฒ ์ด๋จ์ด!" – "Luck? I don’t even know, does that even exist?"
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"์๋ฒฝํ ์ธ์? ๋๋ ๋ชฐ๋ผ, ๊ทธ๋ด ๊ฒ ์ด๋จ์ด!" – "A perfect life? I don’t even know, does that exist?"
๐ก This phrase is often used in a dismissive way to say that something is unrealistic or doesn’t matter.
3๏ธโฃ Cultural Insight: Hard Work & Determination in Korean
๐โ๏ธ "ํผ์ ์ ๋นผ๋์ง" → Expresses feeling completely overwhelmed or exhausted
๐โ๏ธ "๋๋ ๋ชฐ๋ผ, ๊ทธ๋ด ๊ฒ ์ด๋จ์ด" → Shows disbelief or rejection of an unrealistic idea
๐ข Did you know?
Korean culture places a strong emphasis on hard work, persistence, and resilience. Many K-pop songs, including "Run BTS", reflect this mindset, showing that success comes from dedication and effort rather than luck.
โ Other similar expressions:
- "์ง์ง ์ ์ ์ด ํ๋๋ ์์ด!" → "I’m totally out of it!"
- "๋ ธ๋ ฅ ์์ด๋ ์๋ฌด๊ฒ๋ ์์ด!" → "Without effort, you get nothing!"
4๏ธโฃ Practice & Challenge!
๐ Try using these expressions in real life!
1๏ธโฃ Say "ํผ์ ์ ๋นผ๋์ง" when something is exhausting or shocking.
2๏ธโฃ Use "๋๋ ๋ชฐ๋ผ, ๊ทธ๋ด ๊ฒ ์ด๋จ์ด" when rejecting unrealistic ideas.
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